Shivam Gupta victorious in Tri-State at BQE’s tournament in Jackson Hts., (Queens), NY . Shivam’s tournament trail included wins over John Francisco 7 – 2 and Lidio Ramierez 7 – 6; before suffering a loss to Bob Toomey 7 – 4. Ricky Deng was also making his way through the winner’s bracket, defeating Bob Toomey 6 – 1 for the Hot Seat. Shivam Gupta and Bob Toomey were poised for their rematch to reach the Finals. This time it was Shivam pulling the match out 7 – 6. During the Finals, Ricky Deng jumped out ahead 2 – 0, but Shivam rallied to pull ahead 3 – 2. From that point, Shivam managed to control the match with a 9 – 7 . The next Tri-State event will be 9 Ball on October 7, 2018, A-B-C-D 9 Ball at Steinway Billiards , Astoria, (Queen), NY. Please provide a thank you to Ozone Billiards, Sterling-Gaming, Kamui Tips, Phil Capelle, BlueBook Publishing, Human Kinetics , Pool & Billiards, Professor Q Ball,Bender Cues, and DIGICUE OB for their sponsorship leading to this event.